SciShow
The Real Mayan Apocalypse
There are just six weeks left until the celestial odometer that is the Mayan calendar clicks over to the next b'akt'un, but in the meantime, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery behind the collapse of the Mayan civilization....
Bozeman Science
ESS3B - Natural Hazards
In this video Paul Andersen explains how natural disasters (like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and flooding) have affected and will continue to affect humans on the planet. Many of the natural hazards (like volcanoes and storms) can...
Astrum
What Milankovitch Cycles Will Do To Earth
Earth's orbit is constantly evolving through Milankovitch Cycles.
Curated Video
Could Climate Change Your Life?
Wherever you live, climate change could affect you. Discover how the predicted changes could affect peoples around the globe. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Global atmospheric patterns are causing concern, as...
NASA
NASA | Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
Our planet is a beautiful and awesome place. In a new video, join NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space, presented at the IMAX Theater at National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on September 10. “Vital...
NASA
NASA | Taking Earth's Temperature
Next month, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to negotiate a new global climate treaty. In anticipation of this event, NASA has compiled a multimedia resource collection for editors...
NASA
NASA | Ask a Climate Scientist: CO2 and Temperature
Is there any merit to the studies that show that historical CO2 levels lag behind temperature, and not lead them? In the pre-industrial age, the CO2 response to temperature was that the temperature would go up and CO2 would go up. Or if...
NASA
NASA | 2009 Tied For Second Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Science found that 2009 was tied as the second hottest year ever recorded.
NASA
2018 Was the Fourth Hottest Year on Record
2018 was the fourth hottest year in the modern record, part of a decades-long trend of warming. The record dates back to 1880, when it became possible to collect consistent, reliable temperatures around the planet. NASA and NOAA work...
NASA
2017 Takes Second Place for Hottest Year
Earth's surface temperatures in 2017 were the second warmest since since 1880, when global estimates first become feasible, NASA scientists found. Global temperatures 2017 were second only to 2016, which still holds the record for the...
NASA
NASA Finds 2020 Tied for Hottest Year on Record
Globally, 2020 was the hottest year on record, effectively tying 2016, the previous record. Overall, Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1880s. Temperatures are increasing due to human...
Curated Video
Planet SOS: Where will climate refugees go when the tide rises?
We travel to the island nation of Palau in the western Pacific ocean to explore the impact of rising seas and warming waters due to climate change.
Curated Video
La Nina's impact on global temperatures likely minimal: WMO
The weak La Nina event that emerged in December 2024 is likely to be short-lived, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Watch this report for more details!
Curated Video
2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest year on record
Scientists warn that this year could end 1.5 C hotter than pre-industrial times, surpassing the current record of 1.48 C set just last year. Some experts now fear Donald Trump’s less-than-friendly stance on climate change could make the...
Curated Video
Climate-warming gas levels rising faster than ever, scientists warn
Climate scientists say humans are to blame for the surge in the greenhouse gas, which is released by burning fossil fuels. (Scripps News)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Taking the Earth's Temperature
This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" depicts research efforts to record Earth's past and present temperatures shifts. [4:39]
NASA
Nasa: The Influence of Global Warming on Earth's Systems
This video clip shows the importance of maintaining global temperature and the effects of global warming (5:08). Learn how precipitation, wind speed, and temperature affects the climate.